I've been going to and sending my kids to camps since me or my kids, was old enough. In my twenties I worked in a variety of camps (day/overnight) because I wanted to give children the same amazing experience had. At camp our children should find great role models, learn life skills, and have a ton of fun.\r
Spring Lake looks great on the outside (nice facilities, lots of kids) but when you look into more you find horrible corruption that filters down into the young staff. Young adults should not be subjected to poor language, on the job drinking espially in food prep, unsanitary conditions, and a camp director who has zero passion for the kids but only treats it as a way to get more money. The prices themselves should speak alone. Let alone the luxury that the assistant camp director Bob himself lives in. The staff are often mistreated out of rage by Bob himself and other leadership staff right in front of the children! I sent my kids (2 campers, 1 staff) there for a week and had to withdraw them early after the stories they brought home. With closer examination I found too many things to even consider it an option for my children as campers or as staff. Its leadership staff are immature, unprofessional, and have the campers (let alone the wellbeing of their young staff) on the bottom their priority list.\r
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I'd like to warn all parents that this is no place for children-Especially not mine.\r
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Spring Lake has tarnished the name of all good summer camps.\r
Pros: Huge facilities, awesome younger staff
Cons: Leadership staff bad example
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